ICRAF's purpose is "to work towards mitigating tropical deforestation, land depletion and rural poverty through improved agroforestry systems." The institute established a regional research program for southeastern Asia in 1992, with offices in Bogor, Indonesia. The ecological domain includes the more humid, tropical environments stretching from Indonesia and Philippines in the south and east, through China, to Thailand, Myanmar, and the northeastern hill states of India.The key themes of the program are the development of alternatives to unsustainable slash-and-burn agriculture, and the rehabilitation of degraded uplands. The target ecosystems are: The forest margins, the imperata grasslands, and the hillslope farmlands. The conceptual framework for the research is based on testing a systems hypothesis in each of the three ecosystems.
Publication year
1997
Authors
Language
English
Keywords
agroforestry systems, alley cropping, nutrient uptake, nutrients, roots, sumatra, trees
Geographic
Indonesia
